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View this email in your browser Weekly August 5, 2020 Week At A Glance WED 8/5 7:30 am Men's Breakfast    Join Zoom meeting https://zoom.us/j/627030126    Meeting ID: 627 030 126 6:30 pm Bible Study : Troubling the Waters for the Healing of the Church Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87579758366 Meeting ID: 875 7975 8366 THURS 8/6 9:00 am Bible Study Zoom Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87579306214 Meeting ID: 875 7930 6214 6:00 pm Men's Group Meeting at the church on the Oak Grove picnic tables.   SUN 8/9 8:30 am Worship - Outdoor in-person, reservations required 10:00 am Worship - Outdoor in-person, reservations required AND live stream at faithmv.net 1:00 pm Journaling Workshop Mon 8/10 10:00 am Exploring Music I Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82842671147 Meeting ID: 828 4267 1147 TUES 8/11 6:00 pm Community Craft Circle Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/932350321 Meeting ID: 932 350 321 WED 8/12 7:30 am Men's Breakfast Join Zoom meeting https://zoom.us/j/627030126 Meeting ID: 627 030 126 6:30 pm Bible Study : Troubling the Waters for the Healing of the Church Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87579758366 Meeting ID: 875 7975 8366 Worship Reservations Click the buttons below and type your name on a blank line to reserve your spot in worship for this Sunday. Please make your reservation by this Friday. 8:30 am Worship Reservation 10:00 am Worship Reservation Worship Live Stream To access the live stream of the 10 am worship service this Sunday from your computer, tablet or phone: 1. faithmv.net - Click here for the church website. It's live on the home page. 2. YouTube - Click here to go to the church YouTube channel. Wait until you see a box pop up that says "Sunday Worship Service" LIVE NOW. Click on the video image and you will see our stream. The stream will not appear until we go live at 10 am so you can go to our YouTube page and you just have to wait for the stream to appear. Youth Click on the image below to go to the Fireside Chats on the church website. Ways to Give and Serve This year, we are going to celebrate God's Work, Our Hands weekend by supporting the Auburn Interfaith Food Bank. We will be collecting food items at the church on Saturday, September 12. Let us save you a trip into town! Tell your friends and neighbors about this important way to serve our community! The more people who know, the more food we can collect.  Items most needed are: canned fruit, canned meat or fish, canned soup, canned vegetables. Urgent Request - Census Workers Needed - With this email, I am submitting an urgent request for applicants for the 2020 Census. We need ALL applicants. Especially needed are multilingual applicant, particularly Spanish-English speakers. Currently, northern California's 22 counties are sharing one Spanish speaker. This puts our current Mobile Questionnaire Assistance Center (MQA) operation in a very challenging position without Spanish speakers. We set up MQAs to assist residents with completing their 2020 Census questionnaire. We are conducting MQA operations in the lowest responding tracts across the U.S. This request is for more than a "We invite you to apply" job posting. It needs to have much more urgency. Apply here: https://2020census.gov/jobs    Respectfully, Nancy La Rocque (Census Bureau's Partnership Specialist for Placer County) Help us get the word out! Could you help put out the sandwich board sign on Saturday morning so people driving on Placer Hills will know about our livestream worship service? If we have several volunteers, it will keep the task from becoming a burden to one individual. Contact Pastor Charlane for if you could help: pastor@faithmv.net, 488-0276.  Announcements June/July Council Report:   It has been a busy summer, and despite these difficult times God has been at work in our dear community.  Our council has continued to hold monthly meetings through Zoom and there has been a lot going on!  Here are a few of the highlights:   Reopening of Church Campus: As our state began lifting restrictions earlier this summer, we formed a subcommittee to investigate the interest and safety of re-opening, and that led to our decision to begin offering small, outdoor services again starting July 19.  Shout out to Jack Harris for orchestrating such a smooth transition and for training our ushers on CDC guidelines and safety protocol. We've also begun allowing some of our church's small groups to meet on campus (outdoors, in small numbers, socially distanced.)   Finances: Through consistent, faithful giving, donations are holding steady as members follow through on their financial commitments to the church. Because of this continuity we are able to continue the programs that allow us to do God's work locally and globally. Our staff is working harder than ever to keep things running in authentic, creative ways!   Property Projects: We've been in discussion about building conditions and needed structural repairs, such as the east-facing wall siding of the Admin building, woodpecker damage in the sanctuary building, and electrical issues. Pastor Charlane's office is being moved to the area adjacent to the kitchen. The stovetop, island, and oven are being replaced with a sound-proof wall. Thanks to Mark Achen and Jack Harris for demo work, Doug Kern for construction, and Eric Liske for electrical work!   God's Work Our Hands: Last September's community meal in the park that our church hosted was extremely well-received but costly. So, Pastor Charlane applied for and received (!!!) a grant through the Lutheran Development Society of Sacramento to help pay for it this year.  Alas, given the pandemic we won't be able to do it this year but we can defer the grant until 2021.     Wishing you love and health, Melia Men's Group Meeting - Thursday, August 6 @ 6 pm - This will be an in-person meeting at the church on the picnic tables in the Oak Grove. Please bring your own dinner, there will NOT be shared food. FLC Book Group Next Book:  Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett. When:  Discussion at 4pm on Monday, Aug 24. Where:  Via zoom and/or in person with safety guidelines*. *We will decide the week before what is most comfortable for everyone.. Please plan to join us - new and old members always welcome!  You don’t need to commit to attendance beyond one month - some of our members come and go, depending on other commitments.  We welcome you whenever ;-) More info?  Contact Colleen 530 368-7315. Dear Knitters and Crochet-ers,   Many thanks for sharing your time and talents in creating the mini prayer shawls for [Synod] Assembly. I know the 2021 Assembly folks will cherish them.   Blessings, Pat Cash, Bishop Election Committee   Upcoming Birthdays Dorothy Peters  8/9 Sharon Plunkett  8/17 Barbara Cowan  8/19 Rick Brown  8/20 Molly Hogsett  8/21 Kristina Royer  8/25 Raymond Royer  8/27 Upcoming Anniversaries Todd and Kristina Royer  8/12 Connie and Tom Elmore  8/16 Jim and Ione Parrish  8/19 Anna Van Zuuk and Ian Milward  8/23 Steve and Nancy Bender  8/25   Faith at a Distance Office remodel is looking good!! Many thanks to Doug Kern, Eric Liske, Jack Harris, and Mark Achen for all their work.   Ethan Van Zuuk Milward!!! 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